1280x720 on 13" MBP

Hi
I am sorry for asking questions like that but (as I am still more used to windows...) this seams to be too hard for me^^
I tried to find a solution by googleing it, but with no success...
Is there no option to make the 13in MBP show a 10:9 resolution e.g. 1280x720? (I know I'll have black bars on top and bottom )

Thanks for your help! Some day I might be a better mac user but only with your help

btw... I know how to change to an other "default" resolutions (but as the screen is 16:10, there are no 16:9, but 4:3)...

 

why would you change the screen to that? If your just watching a move, or playing a game, it can handle it find without having to change the main resolution.

 

I really don't see why anyone would want to do that. The extra pixels aren't hurting anything and you would be reducing the real-estate that you are working with by going down to 720p. You might as well just leave things as they are.

Media playback isn't going to benefit from this and neither will gaming.

 

Sounds a bit like: We will not admit Windows offers more flexibility because nobody needs that

Reason: I am testing Mountelion and Airplay mirroring and I saw in the Apple spot that the mirrored movie fitted the TV 16:9 format... when I tried to play a movie (or actually just mirror the screen) it does not cut the top and bottom, it puts black bars at the sides of the TV screen... that is not the best idea for playing movies... than I realized that in the mountenlion video they used an 11" Air with 16:9 res... (and on Youtube sb with an 16:9 iMac ended with the same result) and that's why I want to try that... I know that there is an option "match airplay device" (or something like that) but it does not chance 16:10 to 16:9

I know it's a beta and I know it's silly to set the resolution to anything but native res... I hoped Mac OS can offer me a way to test this out (without plugging the TV in with the display port and connect it with the apple tv (which indeed worked ...)


I hope you guys understand what I mean... my english is still far from perfect...

THX for any help

 

If you're using airplay and the content (or output) doesn't fit the display, that is a bug. You still wouldn't want to change your display's resolution.

 

Since using a new router (I think that was your idea?) Airplay mirroring is quite nice and I want to use it instead of HDMI for low quality movies... but I see no other solution (without waiting ), since using the TV (with 1080p) and disabling the "internal" screen, than switching to the Apple TV, is a bit overkill...

So are there some 16:10 user out there who are able to get a full screen movie experience with their airplay mirroring?

THX and Greetings
Julian

 

I had no issue outputting a movie through iTunes to my ATV2 and having it display on the TV in 16:9 while my MBP was 16:10. I didn't do anything special for it, just selected the ATV2 output in iTunes.

 

Sorry I was not clearly enough with this... I am talking about Airplay Mirroring... for movies in iTunes going with the build in Airplay is the way to go, better quality... 16:9... 5.1 sound... (and so on) but e.g for Flash videos or when I want to use vlc I need to use Airplay Mirroring, the new feature of OS X Mountenlion.

OS X Mountain Lion Airplay Mirroring - YouTube

Greetings
Julian

 

A feature not working entirely correctly in a beta OS? Shocking!

 

Well... I guess there is no way to select 1280x720 on Lion as well?

Or what feature are you talking about?

May be I don't get it, but why does nobody just say: It is not possible on OS X ... is it that difficult or is it just not enough of a reason to try it out of curiosity?

 

You have asked the question a few times in this thread now without getting an answer, that should be an indication as to the solution (or lack thereof) to your problem.

Additionally, you seem to be ignoring the people who are actually giving you wise advice: 10.8 is still in beta and, when a feature doesn't work correctly in it, that is due to the OS being in beta. You would be better off waiting for Apple to fix things than you would to try to change the resolution that your MBP is working at (which you can change the resolution but to do what you want). Instead of working around the beta, you should wait for the OS to work with you.

 

On lion, on my 16x10 display .. no i cannot do 1280x720... or 1920x1080. When I plug it into a device (like my TV) that does support that though, i do get options added of 720i, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p... it actually lists them that way. If I set 720p and my displays are mirrored, then it runs the built in and external display both at 720p like you'd expect and there are black areas on the built in display all the time, and the TV runs perfect.

Thats all directly connected though... I have never used Airplay, but I don't know why Apple would make it run differently.

 

I don't have access to Mountain Lion so I cannot help with that. I would suggest posting on any Mountain Lion developer forums if Apple has them to report the issue.